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New bill restricting foreign funding to Israeli NGOs back on agenda

By JNews
Thursday, 1 December, 2011 - 17:55
London, UK

The new version follows the freezing of the voting process on a previous version by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last week, due to public criticism of the bill by the international community including the US, EU and UK.

If passed, this amendment to the Israeli Associations Law and the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance would prohibit foreign public funding of Israeli organisations that 'negate the existence of the State of Israel; incite to racism; support armed struggle against the State of Israel; support indictment...

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BLOGS & COMMENTARY
Tue, 29/11/2011 - 14:17

Emerging Superpowers: India, China, and Brazil - New Realities for the Middle East

As the population of Europe and the US ages and their economies slow down, economic miracles half a world away begin to assert their dominance. History has been said to jump, not crawl, and recent international developments are paving the way for...
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Mon, 21/11/2011 - 11:01

If foreign aid is OK for Israel’s government, why not for its NGOs?

Israel has been dependent on international support from the day of its founding. It received donations from Jewish communities, massive aid from the U.S (to the tune (PDF) of US$ 3 billion annually in weapon subsidies), reparations from Germany for...
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Sun, 13/11/2011 - 22:04

The Yesha Council Disengagement Plan

 A. Is the annexation of the West Bank imminent?“Yesha Council”[i] and "My Israel"[ii] have recently circulated a propaganda video clip  as part of a campaign addressing the old Israeli-left argument, that "if a...
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Thu, 03/11/2011 - 13:23

Israel, apartheid, and the Hasbara machine

 It is not common for the Hasbara machine, disseminating Israeli state propaganda, to be exposed in such a way. As if by coincidence, two expatriate South African Jews, with a bit of a liberal reputation, came out of retirement to produce...
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Thu, 03/11/2011 - 11:54

The Real EUMC Definition of Antisemitism

The EUMC report is a substantial document, providing a comprehensive overview of antisemitism in the 15 member-states of the EU at that time, based on an “overview of incidents of antisemitism, the political, academic and media reactions to it...
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Thu, 27/10/2011 - 10:41

A land for all its people?

In the last decade, political debate on the Left has focused on the one-state/two-states issue. Historically, progressive forces in Israel saw the two-states solution as the only alternative to the occupation and Israeli domination over the entire...
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Mon, 10/10/2011 - 14:01

A month to the Palmer Report on the Gaza flotilla

The release of the report of the UN-appointed Palmer Panel a month ago was nothing less than a source of pride for Israeli speakers, who repeatedly emphasised its ruling that the naval blockade on Gaza (unlike the closure on land) is “...
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NEWS
Fri, 14/10/2011 - 12:22

Update from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger-strike

Last month, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, more than 100 Palestinian prisoners embarked upon a hunger strike, and true to today, the number of...
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Sat, 20/08/2011 - 10:34

Egypt withdraws ambassador from Israel over officers' deaths

Egypt has declared its decision to recall its ambassador to Israel following the killing of several Central Security Force officers near the Egypt-...
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Thu, 18/08/2011 - 11:55

Palestinian Rights group issues document on Statehood

Leading Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq has issued a document addressing legal issues surrounding the planned statehood initiative in ...
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Mon, 18/07/2011 - 15:01

Israel's anti-boycott law – basic information

The 'Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott – 2011' was approved on Monday 11 July by a majority of 47 to...
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Thu, 30/06/2011 - 15:05

Antiboycott bill set for a final reading in Knesset

On 27 June 2011 a final version of the ‘Bill for prevention of damage to the State of Israel through boycott – 2011’ was approved by the...
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